What truly terrifies me about this is how little control most users have over the websites they "visit". This law requires ISPs to log the domain name of websites users connect to. All it takes is one dodgy advert on an otherwise ordinary website to incriminate you. Worse, you might not even know this has happened, as the ad itself might be completely innocuous. But by virtue of being hosted on a website the government considers suspect, you find yourself on a list.
I don't know if this actually happens in practice, but I have heard stories of bad actors using adverts to distribute malware - it doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see the same bad actors using adverts to generate false positives to the authorities.
Ad blockers are going to become more important than ever.
I don't know if this actually happens in practice, but I have heard stories of bad actors using adverts to distribute malware - it doesn't take a stretch of the imagination to see the same bad actors using adverts to generate false positives to the authorities.
Ad blockers are going to become more important than ever.